Okay so here's the deal. I have two different quests.

One of the quests is simply for dialogue. In this quest, the NPC will rotate between three possible rumors. I want one of the rumors for this NPC to set the stage for a different quest to 10.

Here's where my issue is.

I've set up a new Script for defining a quest property. In this case, the property is called "ChickenQuest"

I've set up the Property to be a Quest property and to be referencing a quest outside of the quest this script is in.

I've edited the source of the property, and modified the code to this.

Scriptname HodChickenQuestRefScript extends Quest   Quest Property ChickenQuest  Auto ChickenQuest.SetStage(10)

I receive this error in the compiler

Starting 1 compile threads for 1 files...Compiling "HodChickenQuestRefScript"...C:\Program Files (x86)\The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\HodChickenQuestRefScript.psc(5,12): no viable alternative at input '.'No output generated for HodChickenQuestRefScript, compilation failed. Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed.Failed on HodChickenQuestRefScript